Naletaki Maria

by takis / Friday, 14 November 2014 / Published in people

Position: Assistant Researcher

Contact Info

Institute: Oceanography
Address: HCMR, Former American Base of Gournes, PO Box 2214,
Email:mnalet@hcmr.gr
Tel: +302810337714
Telex: +302810337819
Website:

Maria Naletaki is a research assistant at the Institute of Oceanography of HCMR.
She has graduated from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, United Kingdom, and she obtained her Master’s degree in Management of Marine Biological Resources from the University of Crete, Greece.

M. Naletaki started working as a marine biologist in the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology of the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) in 2001 and continued her work in HCMR after the two centers merged.
She works with the benthic macrofauna and has specialized in the taxonomy of the decapoda crustacea.

Education Profile
M.Sc Management of Marine Biological Resources, University of Crete, 2001
B.Sc Biological Sciences, University of Essex, U.K., 1996
B.Sc Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Technological Educational Foundation of
Crete, 1993

Professional Profile
2001-currently: Research assistant at benthos lab, Institute of Oceanography,
HCMR, Greece
1996-2001: Teacher of biology and human pathology in preparatory schools for
university candidates

Scientific Memberships
Member of the scientific team of ELNAIS (Ellenic Network on Aquatic Invasive Species)

Research interests
M. Naletaki’s research interests concern biodiversity, ecosystem structure, marine ecosystem management, ecology of estuarine and coastal ecosystems focusing on macrobenthos, taxonomy of decapods and study of alien species

• G. Chatzigeorgiou, S. Reizopoulou, M. Maidanou, M. Naletaki, E. Orneraki, E. Apostolaki and C. Arvanitidis (2011). Macrobenthic community changes due to dystrophic events and freshwater inflow: Changes in space and time in a Mediterranean lagoon (Gialova lagoon, SW Greece). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science xxx, pp 1-11
• M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M. Corsini-Foka and M. Naletaki (2010). Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 (Crustacea: Brachyura:
Macrophthalmidae): a new Indo-Pacific guest off Rhodes Island (SE Aegean
Sea, Greece) Medit. Mar.Sci. 11 (1), pp 195-200
• M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou & M. Naletaki (2007). A new alien species in the Mediterranean? On the presence of Sirpus monodi Gordon, 1953
(Brachyura, Pirimelidae) in Greece. Mediterranean Marine Science V8/2 2007, pp 91-96
• W. Plaiti, N. Symboura, M. Naletaki, M. Salomidi, S. Diliberto, M.A. Pancucci (2006). Study of hard substrate benthic communities along the NE
coasts of Rhodes. 8th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries proceedings.
• Plaitis W., Naletaki M. & Salomidi M. (2005). Preliminary study of hard substrate Amphipods in the SE Aegean Sea. XII International Colloquium
on Amphipoda Proceedings.
• R. Danovaro, E. Apostolaki, L. Bongiorni, C. Corinaldesi, S. Diliberto, C. Gambi, G.M. Luna, S.Mirto, M. Naletaki, N. Papadopoulou, A. Pusceddu, M. Scopa, M. Tsapakis, T. Tsagkaraki, I. Karakassis (2005). Benthic fauna as early warning indicators of fish farm effects. In Holmer M.: MedVeg – Effects of nutrient release from Mediterranean fish farms on benthic vegetation in coastal ecosystems, Final Report, 95-118.
• Akoumianaki I., Naletaki M., Diliberto S., Lampadariou Ν. & Karakassis Ι. (2003). Size-fractionation of macrofaunal biomass as a monitoring tool of fish farming impact. 7th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries proceedings.
• M. Naletaki, D. Koutsoumbas, K. Dounas, C. Arvanitidis (2001). Structure and dynamics of the macrobenthic crustacean fauna of the Gialova lagoon (SW Peloponnese). 7th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries proceedings.